The use of biofuels is becoming an increasingly volatile political issue. Associations are making serious accusations against Germany’s Environment Minister Lemke and Agriculture Minister Özdemir. Lemke is accused of being “responsible for failing to meet climate action targets in the transport sector,” the biofuel industry said on Wednesday. According to the associations, a plan by […]
Municipalities play an important role in local climate protection, but they are often unable to fulfill their legal obligation to do so due to limited financial resources. This is the result of a legal opinion by lawyer Roda Verheyen commissioned by the non-governmental organizations Germanwatch and Klima-Allianz.Accordingly, the solution could be an amendment to the […]
Climate protests are on the rise around the world in the wake of the climate crisis. The Washington-based think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has now released a Climate Protest Tracker. The interactive Internet tool can be used to track where climate protests took place around the world in 2022 – and what the […]
The battle for climate-relevant future technologies markets is in full swing – and Asia is often ahead. Large parts of the production capacity for green tech in most sectors are located in China or the Asia-Pacific region. China alone controls more than half of the manufacturing in almost all key sectors.